A Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels:: Containing, I. Translations from Foreign Languages, of Voyages and Travels Never Before Translated. II. Original Voyages and Travels Never Before Published. III. Analyses of New Voyages and Travels Published in England. Vol. I. |
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... seen , will lavish upon him without diffidence the most tender caresses . At the celebra- tion of fetes , these liberties are often carried to a greater extent ; and what a refinement in manners would cause to be considered as indecency ...
... seen , will lavish upon him without diffidence the most tender caresses . At the celebra- tion of fetes , these liberties are often carried to a greater extent ; and what a refinement in manners would cause to be considered as indecency ...
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... seen at the entrance of the church of Pola ; --- but its splendour was eclipsed , as well as the glory of its masters ; and it now contains only between six and seven hundred inhabitants , dis- persed within the walls of a town , near ...
... seen at the entrance of the church of Pola ; --- but its splendour was eclipsed , as well as the glory of its masters ; and it now contains only between six and seven hundred inhabitants , dis- persed within the walls of a town , near ...
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... seen by Fortis , who supposed them to have formed part of some decree , and to be the fragments of the sig- natures of the senators . He also has a fine collection of stones which belonged to various ancient monuments , and which he has ...
... seen by Fortis , who supposed them to have formed part of some decree , and to be the fragments of the sig- natures of the senators . He also has a fine collection of stones which belonged to various ancient monuments , and which he has ...
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... seen a number of large hills , whose barrenness and grey appearance form a striking contrast to the vigorous and brilliant colouring with which the fore - ground is decorated . At the left and highest extremity of this glacis , is the ...
... seen a number of large hills , whose barrenness and grey appearance form a striking contrast to the vigorous and brilliant colouring with which the fore - ground is decorated . At the left and highest extremity of this glacis , is the ...
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... seen that uni- formity of masses , that beauty in the groupes , that majesty in the combination ; but we behold innumerable rocks , broken , steep , and dispersed , presenting frightful points , which appear to be rising from , behind ...
... seen that uni- formity of masses , that beauty in the groupes , that majesty in the combination ; but we behold innumerable rocks , broken , steep , and dispersed , presenting frightful points , which appear to be rising from , behind ...
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Page 2 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 63 - An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip In Bass's Strait; on the South Coast of New South Wales, in His Majesty's Ship Calcutta, in the years 1802-3-4.
Page 33 - All the boats or barges, whether those in the Kentucky or Mississippi trade, or those which convey the families that go into the eastern or western states, are built in the same manner. They are of a square form, some longer than others; their sides are raised four feet and a half above the water; their length is from fifteen to fifty feet; the two extremities are square, upon one of which is a kind of awning, under which the passengers shelter themselves when it rains.
Page 7 - Ijrecovered from my illness I left Charleston, and went to reside in a small plantation about ten miles from the town, where my father had formed a botanic garden. It was there he collected and cultivated, with the greatest care, the plants that he found in the long and painful travels that his ardent love for science had urged him to make, almost every year, in the different quarters of America. Ever animated with a desire of serving the country he was in, he...
Page 13 - ... obviously hostile intentions made the application of firearms absolutely necessary to repel them, by which one native was killed and two or three wounded. Previous to this time, several interviews had been held with separate parties, at different places, during which the most friendly intercourse was maintained, and endeavoured to be strengthened on our part by presents of blankets, beads, &c.
Page 50 - ... of men who cannot settle upon the soil that they have cleared, and who under pretence of finding a better land, a more wholesome country, a greater abundance of game, push forward, incline perpetually towards the most distant points of the American population, and go and settle in the neighbourhood of the savage nations, whom they brave even in their own country. Their ungenerous mode of treating them stirs up frequent broils, that brings on bloody wars, in which they generally fall victims;...
Page 28 - ... printing-offices have been long established there, and, for the amusement of the curious, each publish a newspaper weekly." Pittsburgh has been long considered by the Americans as the key to the western country. Thence the federal forces were marched against the Indians who opposed the former settlement of the Americans in Kentucky, and on the banks of the Ohio. However, now the Indian nations are repulsed to a considerable distance, and reduced to the impossibility [60] of hurting the most remote...
Page 50 - Duke of Valentinois, who possessed estates in Normandy. The strange events of the Revolution disordered his senses ; he saw that many had raised themselves from obscurity, and he wished, to do the same. In September...
Page 14 - ... crew remained on shore to dress dinner and procure water. The moment the first boat disappeared, the three natives took leave, and in less than an hour returned with forty more, headed by a chief who seemed to possess much authority. This party immediately divided, some taking off the attention of the people who had charge of the tent (in which was Mr. Harris the surveyor of the colony) while the rest surrounded the boats, the oars, masts, and sails of which were used in erecting the tent. Their...
Page 25 - If any part of the body be in pain, the patient sends for a rajah, who, on his arrival, feels the place, and taking a large quid of the betel-nut, and pronouncing some words to himself, blows it on the place affected; which is esteemed a perfect cure. But if the complaint be a fever, they often bring in a drum, which is beaten by twg men, one at each end.